AMOCO PRODUCTION CO. v. UNITED STATES DEPT.

Civ. A. Nos. 78-463, 78-464, 78-466, 78-471, 78-515, 78-519, 78-530, 78-532 and 79-47.

469 F.Supp. 236 (1979)

AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY and Amoco Oil Company, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY et al., Defendants. NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs, v. James SCHLESINGER et al., Defendants. EXXON CORPORATION and Sun Oil Company (Delaware), Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY et al., Defendants. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION and Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY et al., Defendants. GULF OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY et al., Defendants. SHELL OIL COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY et al., Defendants. AMINOIL USA, INC. (a Delaware Corporation), Plaintiff, v. The UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY et al., Defendants. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY et al., Defendants. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

April 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. LaMotte, III, and Richard D. Allen of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., Roger L. Taylor, Chicago, Ill., and Robert F. Van Voorhees of Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D. C.; Matthew J. Gallo, Amoco Oil Co., Chicago, Ill., for Amoco in Civ. A. No. 78-463; Daniel Joseph and Harry Silver of Akin, Gump, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D. C.; Fredi L. Pearlmutter, New York City, Mobil Oil Corp., for Mobil in Civ. A. No. 78-471.

Stephen E. Herrmann of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., Richard G. Morgan and Donald S. Arbour of O'Connor & Hannan, Washington, D. C., for Northern Natural in Civ. A. No. 78-464; Kenneth L. Bachman, Jr., and Eugene M. Goott of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D. C.; John R. Cope and Thomas F. Holt, Jr. of Bracewell & Patterson, Washington, D. C., for Aminoil in Civ. A. No. 78-530.

Thomas Herlihy, III of Herlihy & Herlihy, Wilmington, Del., William M. Parse, Jr., of Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., Barbara Finney, Exxon Corp., Houston, Tex., for Exxon/Sun in Civ. A. No. 78-466; David L. Roll, of Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D. C., for Atlantic Richfield in Civ. A. No. 78-532.

Charles F. Richards, Jr. of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., William E. Wickens and Frederick S. Frei of Howrey & Simon, Washington, D. C., for Shell Oil in Civ. A. No. 78-519; Charles E. Cheek, Gulf Oil Corp., Tulsa, Okl., for Gulf Oil in Civ. A. No. 78-515.

John P. Sinclair and Charles S. Crompton, Jr. of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., Donald B. Craven and Robert K. Huffman of Miller & Chevalier, Washington, D. C., for Continental Oil in Civ. A. No. 79-47.

James W. Garvin, Jr., U.S. Atty., John X. Denney, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., Don W. Crockett, James R. Myers and Michael P. Phillips, U. S. Dept. of Energy; Dina R. Lassow, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


OPINION

STAPLETON, District Judge:

These pre-enforcement review actions challenge portions of Subpart K of the United States Department of Energy's ("DOE") Mandatory Petroleum Pricing Regulations, 10 C.F.R. § 212.161 et seq., and DOE's interpretation of that subpart.1 Subpart K regulates the pricing of natural gas liquids ("NGLs") and natural gas liquid products ("NGLPs...

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